Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... heart of beauty and peacefulness . It often happens so ; by - the - bye , it almost seems a pity that people rattle ... hearts . I shall not tell you where this little village is , for then you would all want to go to it , and an ...
... heart of beauty and peacefulness . It often happens so ; by - the - bye , it almost seems a pity that people rattle ... hearts . I shall not tell you where this little village is , for then you would all want to go to it , and an ...
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... hearts for the stories and legends of a younger world , I have , with much care and pains , compiled these chronicles of that old - fashioned folk , the fairies , for your study and delight . You need not even tell any one that they ...
... hearts for the stories and legends of a younger world , I have , with much care and pains , compiled these chronicles of that old - fashioned folk , the fairies , for your study and delight . You need not even tell any one that they ...
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... heart . Some were steep and rugged , full of dark nooks and corners , with here and there a tiny window ; others were sunny and pleasant , with weathercocks and colonies of birds . One had a sort of little bell - tower . There was no ...
... heart . Some were steep and rugged , full of dark nooks and corners , with here and there a tiny window ; others were sunny and pleasant , with weathercocks and colonies of birds . One had a sort of little bell - tower . There was no ...
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... heart was in that present , when she saw ' big - granny " snatch up the child , and kiss and cry over him , to the imminent danger of the tinsel crown . Then came the vows of betrothal , and the exhortation of the priest to the newly ...
... heart was in that present , when she saw ' big - granny " snatch up the child , and kiss and cry over him , to the imminent danger of the tinsel crown . Then came the vows of betrothal , and the exhortation of the priest to the newly ...
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... heart open . Oh , how glad we were ! -and when another and another came , and you had to work harder than ever , and I had to nurse and slave , and trot up and down till every bone in my body ached , we were gladder still ; it did not ...
... heart open . Oh , how glad we were ! -and when another and another came , and you had to work harder than ever , and I had to nurse and slave , and trot up and down till every bone in my body ached , we were gladder still ; it did not ...
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